alt Hacker News> if your very living conditions depend on it
This is your interpretation. Civil disobedience is just the non-violently breaking of immoral rules.
> to increase your big payout by a little bit
It's an opensource lib, it's used by corporations and hobbyist alike, so this another assumption you are smuggling in.
> This is your interpretation.
No, this is statement of conditions under which I think the rule should apply.
> It's an opensource lib, it's used by corporations and hobbyist alike, so this another assumption you are smuggling in.
Does it mean that you can ignore ALL licenses? Or parts of licenses? I didn't say anything about corporations or hobbyists. Can corporations always ignore terms of licenses? Can hobbyists always ignore terms of licenses?
Is "don't use AI" immmoral according to you?
> It's not the prerogative of the lib provider to dictate which tech I'm going to use
Well, it's not your prerogative to use that library. Creator of something does have prerogative to tell others how to use their stuff. "Instructions on how to use my stuff" is called a license. And society agreed that they should be honored. If you break that agreement, you should have good reasons.
Good reason: I will go hungry for several days.
Bad reason: I will not be able to buy latest iphone.